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Post subject: Identifying a 1970s Stratocaster (educational videos)
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:10 am
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"Hello," to all the Fender fans out there in the forum. Please check out my 4 part series on identifying '70s era Fender Stratocasters.

The Stratocaster is one of the most copied electric guitar on the market. It is my hope present reliable and valuable information about how to identify '70s Strats. It is my goal to prevent fraudulent sellers from taking advantage of buyers. These videos are for educational purposes only, and not a business venture. Bottom line: I'm tire people getting robbed by frauds.

I will make this statement up front: I am not an expert, or claim to be an expert. However, I have had many years of experience with this period of Fender Stratocasters, as well done quite a bit of research on the subject. Though these videos are pretty thurough, I'm sure that I have forgotten something, so if I've left something out or got an exact date wrong; remember--I'm human.

My advice to any buying a guitar: Do your homework before you buy.

Having said all of that, sit back enjoy the videos. I'm sure I'll be receiving the nomination for "Best Actor in a Short Film" next year. :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNPbul ... RTPX5WDdZg


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Post subject: Re: Identifying a 1970s Stratocaster (educational videos)
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:31 am
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paris wrote:
Bottom line: I'm tire people getting robbed by frauds.


My advice to any buying a guitar: Do your homework before you buy.



While I do very sincerely appreciate your sentiment, as someone recently reminded me on this same topic, the problem is simply that most folks don't bother to ask questions until after they make the purchase. Then instead of taking responsibility for their own ignorance, they just whine and complain over how someone ripped them off. As my brother has often said, "ya just can't fix stupid".

People should do their homework before buying something like a guitar, but more often than not I think it really comes down to basic human greed and impulsiveness. Someone sees something that looks like a really great deal/steal, such as a vintage or Signature Series instrument and the money in their pocket starts burning a hole...they just never stop top ask "Is it too good to be true?". They just want it...and yea, sometimes people get burned by their own greed.

That said, I also just can't feel sorry for people who can't be bothered to educate themselves and who don't take responsibility for their own actions. I think the best example was a Les Paul I had spotted at a guitar show a few years back. It was actually a pretty nice instrument and the guy had it priced for $450...the problem was that the name inlaid on the headstock said "Gibsun" and not Gibson, LOL! It was actually very well done and it was really a decent guitar...well worth the money the guy was asking, but all day I watched these little twips drooling over the thing and while I was outside having a smoke break, someone walked away with it. Sure enough, a few days later a posting popped up on Craigslist with this guy just complaining his butt off about how he got ripped off at the guitar show. He went on and on about the fraudulent dealers and that the show should be shut down, yadda, yadda. Seriously...how do you feel sorry for someone like that?

And that wasn't even the end of the story - a couple weeks after that, the guitar showed up in another Craigslist ad as a "Gibson Les Paul"...asking $450. It seems that after getting burned himself, he tried to pull the same con on someone else....just sad.



In an age where information is literally just a mouse click away, there's just no excuse for people to get burned by some of these con artists. If people chose to be smart about such purchases, the con artists would be out of business in no time, however for every person who's willing to take 5 minutes and do their research, there's 10 idiots behind them that just want to throw away their money. While I don't condone fraud, any more I really have to put just as much blame on the buyer as the seller. If someone is just too lazy, too greedy or too ignorant to actually do a bit of research before they spend their money, then it's really hard for me to say anything other than that they got what they deserve.


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Post subject: Re: Identifying a 1970s Stratocaster (educational videos)
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:59 am
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lomitus wrote:
paris wrote:
Bottom line: I'm tire people getting robbed by frauds.


My advice to any buying a guitar: Do your homework before you buy.



While I do very sincerely appreciate your sentiment, as someone recently reminded me on this same topic, the problem is simply that most folks don't bother to ask questions until after they make the purchase. Then instead of taking responsibility for their own ignorance, they just whine and complain over how someone ripped them off. As my brother has often said, "ya just can't fix stupid".

People should do their homework before buying something like a guitar, but more often than not I think it really comes down to basic human greed and impulsiveness. Someone sees something that looks like a really great deal/steal, such as a vintage or Signature Series instrument and the money in their pocket starts burning a hole...they just never stop top ask "Is it too good to be true?". They just want it...and yea, sometimes people get burned by their own greed.

That said, I also just can't feel sorry for people who can't be bothered to educate themselves and who don't take responsibility for their own actions. I think the best example was a Les Paul I had spotted at a guitar show a few years back. It was actually a pretty nice instrument and the guy had it priced for $450...the problem was that the name inlaid on the headstock said "Gibsun" and not Gibson, LOL! It was actually very well done and it was really a decent guitar...well worth the money the guy was asking, but all day I watched these little twips drooling over the thing and while I was outside having a smoke break, someone walked away with it. Sure enough, a few days later a posting popped up on Craigslist with this guy just complaining his butt off about how he got ripped off at the guitar show. He went on and on about the fraudulent dealers and that the show should be shut down, yadda, yadda. Seriously...how do you feel sorry for someone like that?

And that wasn't even the end of the story - a couple weeks after that, the guitar showed up in another Craigslist ad as a "Gibson Les Paul"...asking $450. It seems that after getting burned himself, he tried to pull the same con on someone else....just sad.



In an age where information is literally just a mouse click away, there's just no excuse for people to get burned by some of these con artists. If people chose to be smart about such purchases, the con artists would be out of business in no time, however for every person who's willing to take 5 minutes and do their research, there's 10 idiots behind them that just want to throw away their money. While I don't condone fraud, any more I really have to put just as much blame on the buyer as the seller. If someone is just too lazy, too greedy or too ignorant to actually do a bit of research before they spend their money, then it's really hard for me to say anything other than that they got what they deserve.


I do agree that some responsibility needs to be placed on buyer to learn (which is why I created these videos). I agree that the buyer needs to slow down and do the home work. If he or she is that worried about the guitar leaving the store, put a little money down to told it. If it's a fake, then the person can get his or her money back.


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